From the word’s history
From Middle English blenden, from Old English blandan or Old Norse blanda 'to mix', or a blend of both.
源自古英文 blandan 或古諾斯語 blanda「混合」。
Two or more different things are brought together so completely that you can no longer pick out the edges between them — and the result works better than any of them alone.
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blendnoun/blɛnd/
- 1
A mixture of two or more things.
- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- 2
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
- Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe.
blendverb/blɛnd/
- 1
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- 2
To be mingled or mixed.
- There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
- To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent
- 3
obsoleteTo pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
- These stormes, which now his beauty blend, Shall turn to calmes.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。